Improvement in cartridge belts and holders



.E. SGHAUB. Cartridge Belt and HoPder.

No. 220,550. Patented Oct. 14,1879.

a holder.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD SCHAUB, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRIDGE BELTS AND HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,550, dated October14, 1879; application filed August 11, 1879.

H To all whom it may concern:

tion, and in which- Eigure 1 is a front view of a part or section of acartridge-belt provided with my improved Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe belt, showing the holder in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a top view ofsection of belt and holder, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of theholder detached from the belt.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all thefigures.

This invention relates to cartridge-holders of that class that areaftixed to belts and the cartridges inserted into said holders on theoutside of the belt; and it consists in the construction of a wireholder provided with hooks for its permanent attachment to the belt,substan tially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, A is the belt, which may be made of leather, rubber,canvas, or any other suitable flexible material. B is the holder, whichconsists of a piece of Wire bent so as to form two pointed hooks, b b,two parallel parts, -0 c. then bent at or about right angles, as shownat d d, and then bent upward again and inwardly toward the belt, whenthe middle part of the wire forming the holder is bent outward in asemicircle from the belt, as shown by the letter ein the drawlugs.

This construction of the holder gives the requisite spring to theinwardly-bent parts ff, to enable them to force the upper semicircularrim, 0, in under .the rim of the cartridge, as shown in the drawings, soas to hold it tight and prey'ent it from slipping out. At the same timethe cartridge may be easily withdrawn from the belt and holder whendesired for use.

The lower part of theliolder is secured by a staple, g, to the belt orband, the said staple straddling the two arms 0 c at the point wherethey are bent at right angles to form the projecting arms at d.

Having thus described my invention, I a

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. Acartridge-holder consisting of a section of wire or a flexible metalstrip bent to form hooks b 11, straight parallel parts 00, projectingarms (1 d, and inwardly-bent arms ff, curved to form the bail e,substantially as set forth.

2. The belt A, provided with the cartridgeholders B, consisting each ofa section of wire or a flexible metal strip bent to form hooks b b,straight parallel parts 0 c, projecting arms d d, and inwardly-bent armsf f, curved to form the bail e, substantially as and for the purposeherein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD SOHAUB.

Vl itnesses:

ALBERT O. STAYART, SIMON PETER BLUMENTHAL.

